Agua Fria Monument Nearing Completion

S A N T A F E C O U N T Y County Manager’s Monthly Memo

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From the Santa Fe County Manager

September 8

September 29

October 13

October 27

BCC meetings will

start at 2 p.m. The

Housing Authority

Board meeting on the

last Tuesday of each

month will start at 1

p.m.

Board Of County

Commissioners

Upcoming Schedule

All Regular Meetings

are held on Tuesday in

the County Commission

Chambers at

102 Grant Ave.

All regular meetings are

broadcast live at www.santafecountynm.gov

and on Comcast Ch. 28

or you can listen live on

Que Suave AM810

Visit www.santafcountynm.gov

and click our events cal-

endar for a full schedule

of upcoming meetings,

events and closures.

“State of Santa Fe

County” on Tuesday,

Sept.1, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.

The Agua Fria Monument is nearing

completion. Community volunteers

spent two weekends in August mud-

ding the wall.

The monument project originated out

of the Community Planning process in

the Village of Agua Fria around

2002. In 2011 Santa Fe County

collaborated with the National Park

Service National Historic Trails Office

and the Village of Agua Fria to

develop conceptual design for the

monuments.

Morrow, Reardon, Wilkinson, Miller

(MRWM ) was hired to design the

monuments, they completed the

design in 2012. At Commissioner

Chavez’s request Santa Fe County

staff began exploring ways to work

with the Village of Agua Fria to build

the monument instead of hiring a

construction contractor. Cornerstones

was brought on to coordinate

construction of the monument on the

east end of the village.

Photographs of community volunteers working on the monument are courtesy of the Lois and William Mee.

C O U N T Y M A N AG E R ’ S M O N T H LY M E M O

Santa Fe County Fair Winners

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2015 4-H Livestock Champions

Grand Champion Swine Morgan McCall

Reserve Grand Champion Swine Alysa Jones

Grand Champion Goat Manuel Kavanaugh

Reserve Grand Champion Goat Mariah Kavanaugh

Grand Champion Lamb Christopher Turner

Reserve Grand Champion Lamb Christopher Turner

Grand Champion Steer Malorie McAllister

Reserve Grand Champion Steer Abby Spindle

Grand Champion Heifer Jordan Spindle

Reserve Champion Heifer Abby Spindle

2015 Small Animal Champions

Grand Champion Rabbit Katlin Detwiler

Reserve Grand Champion Rabbit Tessa Scheler

Grand Champion Poultry Alaralynn Gunderson

Reserve Grand Champion Poultry Kaytee Gallegos

Santa Fe County Road Closures

The Vista Grande Public Library parking lot (14 Avenida Torreon in Eldorado) is undergoing improvements (Commission District 5). Partial lane closures are will be in effective immediately for the duration of the project which is scheduled to be completed by September 18, 2015. The affected areas are the one way circular driveway en-trance into the library parking spaces and the Ken and Patty Adam Senior Center entrance to the senior parking area. In order to accommodate the work in a safe man-ner it will be necessary to limit traffic at both entrances at different times of the day. Parking lot improvements include: new curb, sidewalks, and paving.

Road work has begun on Vista Redonda Road (Commission District 1) and will last through October 19, 2015. The road work is to make road improvements on Vista Redonda and on Paseo Encantado SW. Improvements include: construction/installation of retaining walls, culverts, guard rails, erosion controls, base course, signs, new asphalt, pavement markings, mail box relocations, and survey work. Road construction work is from 7 a.m. - 5:30 pm. Monday through Friday.

2015 Salsa Contest Winners Continued

Green Salsa

1st place Renell Roybal of Santa Fe

Pico de Gallo

1st place Matt O'Reilly of Santa Fe

2nd place Cynthia Rector of Santa Fe

People's Choice – Cynthia Rector of Santa Fe

2015 Chile Challenge Winners

Gringo Chile

1st place Deanna McQuillan

2nd place Nancy Moore

Red Chile

1st place Stephanie Huerta-Branch

2nd place Lisa Boulware

Green Chile

1st place Cindy Barfield

2nd place Lisa Boulware

3rd place Nancy Moore

The 2015 Santa Fe County Fair was fantastic! Below are a few highlights of this year’s friendly fair compe-

tition. For a complete list of results please visit http://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/ and click on Santa Fe

County Fair.

2015 Salsa Contest Winners

Red Salsa

1st place Orlando Padilla of Santa Fe

2nd place Bev Kelman of Santa Fe

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W W W. S A N TA F E C O U N T Y N M . G OV

Additional Recyclable Material Now Accepted at

Convenience Stations

Santa Fe County would like to send out a friendly reminder to all residents that Solid Waste Convenience Centers are now accepting additional recyclable materials. The Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency Joint Powers Board approved a contract with Friedman Recycling of Albuquerque, LLC to process and market the recycling currently consolidat-ed at the Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station (BuRRT). Under the contract, residents are able to put the following mate-rials into their mixed recycling bin at all of the County drop-off containers: All plastic containers, regardless of number (includes clam-shells, yogurt containers and other packaging materials).

All paper products, including books and paperboard (cereal boxes, coke boxes, etc.).

All corrugated cardboard (Please no wax coated cardboard).

All steel containers (e.g. tin cans).

All aluminum containers and foil products.

All milk/juice cartons and drink packaging.

The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, FOG released an audit of city and county websites, which evaluates whether the public can easily find important government information online. Santa Fe County took home the top score for counties across the state. Using objective criteria, the FOG audit examined the websites of 31 New Mexico cities and 27 of the 33 New Mexico counties and assigned scores in seven categories - financial data, accountability data, public meetings information, contact information, public records information, website functionality and other frequently sought information. The audit was conducted in February and March 2015 and updated in July 2015. During that 4-5 month period, a number of cities and counties improved their scores by posting additional information.

Santa Fe County Ranked Most Transparent County Website in the State

(www.santafecountynm.gov)

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Santa Fe County Adult Detention Facility inmates entered a variety of artwork pieces into the County

Fair. One inmate won the Santa Fe County Fair Best of Show purple ribbon for his art with blue ink. In

total 25 art pieces entered in the County Fair from the Adult facility. Below are a few of the art pieces

submitted.

Inmate Artwork Showcased at County Fair

Congratula-

tions to

everyone that

submitted

artwork for the

County Fair.

Santa Fe County Youth Development Program participated in the City

of Santa Fe Police Department Junior Police Academy. The academy

toured the facility and listened to County staff speak about the

Correctional field.

The Junior Police Academy

(JPA) is a two week summer

program that is dedicated to

exposing the children of

Santa Fe to the strictness of

becoming a real police officer. The Academy is open to all Santa Fe

students that are between the ages of 10 and 15. The Junior Police

Academy is designed for students to show the training and preparation

that goes into the making of a new Police Officer.

The JPA provides participants with meaningful challenges so that the

experience is a positive building block for understanding of policing techniques, police policy and procedure, lead-

ership ethics, teamwork, and effective communication.

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Personal Representative? What does a Personal Repre-

sentative need to do?

50+ Employment Connections

(NM Aging and Long-Term Services Department)

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.

Toney Anaya Building at 2550 Cerrillos Road.

Don’t Drink and Drive Take a

$5 Cab Ride Home

Santa Fe County DWI would like to remind residents to uti-lize the Cab Ride Home pro-gram on Friday and Saturday nights from, 5:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.

The rides are $5 for 1 or 2 people and $10 for 3 or more.

Everything You Need to

Know about Probate

(Probate is a legal process that takes place after some-

one passes away)

Judge Bulman will help the citizens of Santa Fe County understand the probate pro-cess, so they can better or-ganize their own affairs or carry out the duties of ad-ministering the estates of

loved ones.

Topics of Discussion: Ways to avoid probate, When you need to file a probate, What is involved in filing a probate proceeding? Should I file in

Probate Court or District Court? Do I need an attor-

ney? Can I be appointed as

Santa Fe County Closed on Labor Day

Santa Fe County offices are

closed on Monday, September 7, 2015 for Labor Day. Santa Fe

County Solid Waste Conven-ience centers are closed on Monday and

Tuesdays as part of their regular

schedule. Gathering of Counties Day Santa Fe County will participate in the Gathering of Counties Day on Thursday, Sep-tember 17, 2015 at the State Fair.

County Manager

Katherine Miller

What’s Happening in Brief at and Around SFC

Youth Development Program Participated in Junior Police Academy

Address: 102 Grant Ave.

Santa Fe, NM 87501-2061

Phone: Santa Fe County Main Line

(505) 986-6200

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Frequently Called Numbers:

County Assessor’s Office – (505) 986-6300

County Clerk’s Office – (505) 986-6280

County Treasurer’s Office – (505) 986-6245

County Sheriff’s Office – (505) 986-2455

SFC Adult Correctional Facility – (505) 428-3861

Other Important Numbers

Building Permits (505) 986-6225

Fire Questions/ Burn Permit (505) 992-3070

Utilities (505) 992-9870

Public Works/Roads (505) 992-3010

Human Resources (505) 992-9880

Community Services (505) 992-9849

Attorney’s Office (505) 326-6279

Teen Court (505) 995-9555

Animal Control (505) 992-1626

Santa Fe Board of County

Commissioners (L-R)

Henry Roybal (D-1)

Kathy Holian (D-4)

Robert A. Anaya (D-3)

Miguel M. Chavez (D-2)

Liz Stefanics (D-5)